Toothpuller

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  • noun. A person who would extract teeth for a small charge at fairs etc.
  • Word Usage
    "103 Tooth-pulling, performed by a barber-surgeon, or perhaps a more specialized sacamuelas, or "toothpuller," was almost always the treatment of last resort in an age before modern dentistry was able to treat tooth decay effectively."